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The current political climate seems to be overwhelmingly in favour of separatism. From Brexit Island, and the rise of the far-right in France, to Trump’s Wall across the Mexican border, we live in a world where we appear only to wish to distance ourselves from one another, despite technological advances making it ever -easier for us to bridge the gap.

In an age of "Digital Darwinism" there is a growing fear of disruptive technologies, such as Uber, stealing the competition and making old business models obsolete. Jeremy Waite, Marketing Evangelist at IBM, questions whether the threat of "Uberization" within the gaming industry is justified or whether the real threat should in fact be "Tinderization" - the changing shifts in consumer behaviour that undermine every loyalty program ever created.

In 2016 Bitcoin experienced its second birth. “Second Era of Bitcoin” is what they often call it in mass media. A couple of previous years turned out to be quite frustrating to the supporters of Bitcoin, and the crash of major cryptocurrency exchange demotivated new businesses to adopt and invest into the new technology. However, Bitcoin suffered but wasn’t killed. It took its time to strengthen its technological base and together with blockchain proved to be the most reliable cryptocurrency....

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